Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2006 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; public class Main { /** * Read a text file into a String, optionally limiting the length. * * @param file * to read (will not seek, so things like /proc files are OK) * @param max * length (positive for head, negative of tail, 0 for no limit) * @param ellipsis * to add of the file was truncated (can be null) * @return the contents of the file, possibly truncated * @throws IOException * if something goes wrong reading the file */ public static String readTextFile(File file, int max, String ellipsis) throws IOException { InputStream input = new FileInputStream(file); try { long size = file.length(); if (max > 0 || (size > 0 && max == 0)) { // "head" mode: read the // first N bytes if (size > 0 && (max == 0 || size < max)) max = (int) size; byte[] data = new byte[max + 1]; int length = input.read(data); if (length <= 0) return ""; if (length <= max) return new String(data, 0, length); if (ellipsis == null) return new String(data, 0, max); return new String(data, 0, max) + ellipsis; } else if (max < 0) { // "tail" mode: keep the last N int len; boolean rolled = false; byte[] last = null, data = null; do { if (last != null) rolled = true; byte[] tmp = last; last = data; data = tmp; if (data == null) data = new byte[-max]; len = input.read(data); } while (len == data.length); if (last == null && len <= 0) return ""; if (last == null) return new String(data, 0, len); if (len > 0) { rolled = true; System.arraycopy(last, len, last, 0, last.length - len); System.arraycopy(data, 0, last, last.length - len, len); } if (ellipsis == null || !rolled) return new String(last); return ellipsis + new String(last); } else { // "cat" mode: size unknown, read it all in streaming // fashion ByteArrayOutputStream contents = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); int len; byte[] data = new byte[1024]; do { len = input.read(data); if (len > 0) contents.write(data, 0, len); } while (len == data.length); return contents.toString(); } } finally { input.close(); } } }